Originally Posted by
Rudder
The rush had something to do with the fact mgt. saw earnings were going to take an upswing and wanted to nail down the contract before they were made public. If we had this type of earnings environment during negotiations we would have had more leverage, maybe ALPA could not have seen it but the masses surely would have.
Earnings were just about in line with many of the pre year estimates. Also, you think with EF and A disclosures required in the contract that the MEC was not aware of where earnings were headed?